From: mariond@facts.com   
      
   Andy Burns wrote:   
   >>> Hotspot phone:   
   >>>   Exposes only tower metadata + IP, but no GNSS/location apps.   
   >>> Privacy phone:   
   >>>   Exposes only GNSS fixes, with traffic masked behind the hotspot's IP.   
   >>   
   >> I guess I /might/ just be able to leave that tinfoil hat in its box... ;-)   
   >   
   > But are you prepared to carry two phones?   
      
   Hi Andy,   
      
   You're a smart guy so you can understand the strategic intent of this   
   thread, given that it's intended to discuss a new toggle in Android:   
      
    *Use _cell tower ID_ in the fused-location provider = on/off*   
      
   This is a How To do it. That's all. It's NOT a recommendation to do it.   
   It's just the only way I can find to thwart the fused-location provider.   
      
     *Effectively, this creates a "Use Tower ID = on/off" toggle*   
      
   Specifically, since there is no toggle to prevent use of cell tower IDs in   
   location services, this is the only way I know (so far) to add a toggle.   
      
   It's a brilliantly clever idea but even I agree that it's not practical.   
   It's meant only to help all of us (me included) learn how Android works.   
      
   Let me be clear that this discussion is the stuff of spy novels and not   
   necessarily the everyday guy who wants the utmost in privacy while using   
   Google Maps (where the absurdity of that combination is not lost on me).   
      
   What happened was I have already long ago turn off not only the upload of   
   data to Google by my phone, but also the upload by YOUR phone (figuratively   
   speaking).   
      
   As you're likely aware, most people on iOS & Android are incredibly rude.   
   Every phone that walks by your house and mine uploads our personal data.   
      
   Well, your house.   
   Not mine.   
      
   But that's been done so I'm happy nothing is being uploaded to Google when   
   people walk by my house, and when my phone happens to be near your house.   
      
   In summary, it's absurd to even think of using Google Maps in the context   
   of privacy; but if we do use Maps, this will force it to use GPS only.   
   --   
   The point of this discussion is a thought experiement as even I won't go to   
   the trouble of using two phones just to thwart use of the cell tower IDs.   
      
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